TTC Launches Search for New Chief Executive

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MARCH 26, 2007 - 06:00 ET

TTC Launches Search for New Chief Executive

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - March 26, 2007) - The Toronto Transit
Commission today launched an international search for a permanent Chief General
Manager. Gary Webster, former General Manager of Operations, has been Interim
Chief General Manager since Rick Ducharme resigned last June.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the chief executive will contribute
leadership, strategy, direction and enthusiasm to a staff of 12,000 and manage a
total budget of more than $1 billion. The capital budget for 2007 is in excess
of $700 million. The chief executive will also oversee implementation of the
Toronto Transit City - Light Rail Plan.

The TTC is the third largest transit operation, by ridership, in North
America, after New York City and Mexico City. It provides service to a City of 2.5
million with annual ridership of about 450 million. Bus, streetcar and
subway/rt routes cover more than 4,700 miles and the fleet includes 1,600 buses and
1,000 streetcars, subway and rt cars.

The search for a Chief General Manager is being conducted by Organization
Consulting Limited, 156 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B
3N2 or email ttc@organizationconsulting.ca.

The full advertisement for the position can be seen on the TTC website,
www.ttc.ca.


CONTACT INFORMATION

Toronto Transit Commission
Marilyn Bolton
Media Relations
(416) 393-3741
Website: www.ttc.ca

 

[AlchemisTO]

"The TTC is the third largest transit operation, by ridership, in North America, after New York City and Mexico City"

We're third, but we're a distant third.

 

[spmarshall]

Sure, but we're doing a lot better than:

Pink? What were they thinking?

Ou, en Montréal, attente douze minutes pour votre prochain train. Mais la carte du STM est magnifique!

 

[blixa442]

Compared to Mexico City our system looks like a joke, especially that half of that country gets by on less than $4 per day (according to BusinessWeek from a few weeks ago).

 

[Ed007Toronto]

Mexico City has 18 million people many of whom are poor. You would expect a subway system that large.

 

[doady]

In terms of ridership per capita, New York is actually around the same as Toronto, and worse than Montreal, despite its huge subway system.